WEDNESDAY NIGHT’S IN THE AUDITORIUM WITH PASTOR AT 6:30
Igniting Kingdom Prayer with Dr. Tony Evans
Take any home appliance—a fridge, a lamp or a computer—and strip it of its access to electricity. Suddenly, all of these objects become significantly less capable of doing what they were designed to do. If you are a believer in Christ Jesus, you’ve been given a power called kingdom authority. But unless you’re plugged into the original source that is our heavenly Father, you’ll find yourself unable to utilize its benefits. In Igniting Kingdom Prayer, Dr. Tony Evans will discuss all there is to know on Kingdom Prayer: the link God has given us to tap into the power He has provided.
This week Touching Heaven to Change Earth (2 Chronicles 15:3-6): Many people find themselves attempting to mop up messes in their lives only to find that the source is an endless drain of trials that won’t stop. But instead of trying to clean up the problems in vain, Tony Evans says you first need to deal with the root. Once you discover the spiritual side of how the world works, you’ll find how your approach to challenges will start to change.
Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
2 Corinthians 4:12, “So then death worketh in us, but life in you.”
The context of this verse indicates that we need to inwardly coordinate with our environment (vv. 10-11), which means we need to exercise our spirit of faith (v. 13).
How does death operate in you?
Death operates by your coordinating the inward cross with the outward cross.
When does it operate?
It operates when you are handed over to someone’s long face, and you want to react.
But instead of reacting and carrying out your reaction to that long face with self-pity or vindictiveness, you call on the Lord and activate your spirit and do not agree with your kind of reaction.
In doing this your focus is immediately shifted from the person who gave you a long face to your reaction to that long face.
The fact that you could react in such a way is not Christ.
So you are taken immediately out of the realm of right and wrong.
You are not on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Your focus has shifted.
The one thing that matters is that you put to death this self that would indulge itself in pity or hurt feelings.
You put to death this thing that is not Christ, this thing that reacts in any other way than by turning the other cheek.
This is how transcendent the Lord’s life is.
This is the life that is to be wrought into our experience.
If someone hits you on one cheek, then turn the other cheek to him–not in a coping way, but in a crucified way.
Then you are living another kind of life.
You are not living just a good life, but a transcendent life (Matt. 5:38-48).
Thus, in the experience of coordinating with our environment, the outward cross must be matched with the inward cross.
By this, a little more of the outer man decays, and a little more of the inner man is renewed.
This is the proper vision for our daily living.
Until Tomorrow
With a Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Loretta Bailey – Funeral – Saturday at Scott Ward FH
Ashley & Jason’s Friend
Bill Lawhead – Hospital
Charlene Shiflett
Darlene Thaxton
Jeff Fowler
Richard Blount
Tracy Ballard
Amy Garner’s Mother
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Barbara Shed’s Family
Bill Moody
Carol Lawhead
Charlie Sessom – Waiting
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Denise Stubbs – Kim Allison’s Mom
Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother
Hanna Hall – Pray For Grace
James Garner’s Brother, G’Son, & Daughter
Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister
Larry Barker
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Lynn – Nancy Brown’s Daughter
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Michael Stanley
Nancy Brown’s Daughter
Nora Allison – Dustin’s Mom
Pastor Stucke– Nikki’s Dad
Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend
Ricky Stubbs
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sharon Blalock
Sheila Simmons Cousin
Tom Witcher